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Butterflies of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of butterflies reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

Twin-spot Skipper 1
Oligoria maculata
Fiery Skipper 2
Hylephila phyleus
Hobomok Skipper 3
Poanes hobomok
Broad-winged Skipper 4
Poanes viator
Yehl Skipper 2
Poanes yehl
Zabulon Skipper 2
Poanes zabulon
Sachem 2
Atalopedes campestris
Leonard's Skipper 5
Hesperia leonardus
Meske's Skipper 6
Hesperia meskei
Cobweb Skipper 7
Hesperia metea
Crossline Skipper 5
Polites origenes
Tawny-edged Skipper 8
Polites themistocles
Whirlabout 8
Polites vibex
Northern Broken-Dash 5
Wallengrenia egeremet
Southern Broken-Dash 9
Wallengrenia otho
Palmetto Skipper 8
Euphyes arpa
Two-spotted skipper 10
Euphyes bimacula
Dion Skipper 1
Euphyes dion
Dukes' Skipper 11
Euphyes dukesi
Palatka Skipper 1
Euphyes pilatka
Dun Skipper 12
Euphyes vestris
Dusted Skipper 13
Atrytonopsis hianna
Little Glassywing 5
Pompeius verna
Delaware Skipper 2
Anatrytone logan
Southern Skipperling 14
Copaeodes minima
Least Skipper 15
Ancyloxypha numitor
Megathymus cofaqui 16
Yucca Giant-skipper 13
Megathymus yuccae
Hoary Edge 12
Achalarus lyciades
Two-barred Flasher 17
Astraptes fulgerator
Long-tailed Skipper 8
Urbanus proteus
Golden-banded Skipper 1
Autochton cellus
Southern Cloudywing 7
Thorybes bathyllus
Confused Cloudywing 8
Thorybes confusis
Northern Cloudywing 2
Thorybes pylades
Silver-spotted Skipper 18
Epargyreus clarus
Wild Indigo Duskywing 4
Erynnis baptisiae
Sleepy Duskywing 19
Erynnis brizo
Horace's Duskywing 20
Erynnis horatius
Dreamy Duskywing 21
Erynnis icelus
Juvenal's Duskywing 21
Erynnis juvenalis
Mottled Duskywing 22
Erynnis martialis
Zarucco Duskywing 1
Erynnis zarucco
White Checkered-Skipper 23
Pyrgus albescens
Common Checkered-Skipper 24
Pyrgus communis
Tropical Checkered-Skipper 25
Pyrgus oileus
Hayhurst's Scallopwing 26
Staphylus hayhurstii
Common Sootywing 27
Pholisora catullus

Edited by John P Friel, John Abbott, and Kendra Abbott, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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